The accuracy of oxygen flux measurements using microelectrodes

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3747-3755

  Rasmussen, Kjetil ^a   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Concentration gradients; Microelectrodes

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; OXYGEN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; FLOW RATE; MICROELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031736017     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00149-3     Document Type: Article

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